Re: [Fwd: RT Linked Brakes]

[rennsport@xxxxxxxxx]

On Feb 18, 2004, at 14:07, Timo Viitanen wrote:

> rennsport@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Kinda reminds me of the German tiger tank that waas so 
>> over-engineered that it was not field serviceable. It was not 
>> uncommon for allied forces to come upon a Tiger tank with no battle 
>> dame and a full tank of gas abandoned due to mechanical failure.
>
> As you brought this up in this long and bit wasting thread...
>
> That comment about Tiger not being field serviceable is total bs. The 
> only reason allied troops captures some Tigers in relatively good 
> condition is that it took 2 or preferably 3 tigers to tow just one 
> that got broken. Actually there was a order that tiger tanks were not 
> allowed to tow other tigers under any condition.
>
> The reason for this was that the tiger was just too damn heavy.
>
> Nothing to do with motorcycles but as this subject just happens to be 
> a hobby of mine... :)
>
> /Timo (R1100RT)
>
>

I am not talking about towing them back to a Batallion HQ and repairing 
them. I am talking about repairing them on the road right where they 
broke down. This was one thing the Sherman tank was good for, it could 
be repaired by its crew.

Oh and they had a tendecy to break down from mechanical failure at a 
fairly high rate.

Robert

95 R11RS
88 KRS Special

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